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PatrickGeddes
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Two identical particles, each having charge +q, are fixed in space and separated by a distance d. A third particle with charge −Q is free to move and lies initially at rest on the perpendicular bisector of the two fixed charges a distance x from the midpoint between those charges (see figure below).
(a) Show that if x is small compared with d, the motion of −Q is simple harmonic along the perpendicular bisector. (Do this on paper. Your instructor may ask you to turn in this work.)
There is more to this problem but the first question I don't even know what is asking.
(a) Show that if x is small compared with d, the motion of −Q is simple harmonic along the perpendicular bisector. (Do this on paper. Your instructor may ask you to turn in this work.)
There is more to this problem but the first question I don't even know what is asking.